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Jonah 4:1 (show verse)
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
Jonah 4:2 (show verse)
And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
Jonah 4:3 (show verse)
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
death » Sought as a relief from trouble sought » Despair lead men to
Despair » Leads men to desire death
Despondency » Instances of » Jonah after he had preached to the ninevites
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Reveals his bigotry in lamenting the repentance of the ninevites
Prayer » Private, of Christ » Unwise prayers, examples of
Presumption » Instances of » Jonah
Unwise prayers » Examples of
Despair » Leads men to desire death
Despondency » Instances of » Jonah after he had preached to the ninevites
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Reveals his bigotry in lamenting the repentance of the ninevites
Prayer » Private, of Christ » Unwise prayers, examples of
Presumption » Instances of » Jonah
Unwise prayers » Examples of
Jonah 4:4 (show verse)
Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
Jonah 4:5 (show verse)
So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.
Jonah 4:6 (show verse)
And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
God » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » Treasures of goodness
Gourd » Jonah's, believed to be a vine resembling the american squash, used in assyria to cover huts
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Taught a lesson of the breadth of the divine love
Miracles » Catalogue of » The deliverance » Jonah's gourd
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » Treasures of goodness
Presumption » Instances of » Jonah
divine Providence » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » Treasures of goodness
Gourd » Jonah's, believed to be a vine resembling the american squash, used in assyria to cover huts
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Taught a lesson of the breadth of the divine love
Miracles » Catalogue of » The deliverance » Jonah's gourd
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » Treasures of goodness
Presumption » Instances of » Jonah
divine Providence » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » Treasures of goodness
Jonah 4:7 (show verse)
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
Jonah 4:8 (show verse)
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
death » Desired » Jonah
Despondency » Instances of » Jonah after he had preached to the ninevites
Gourd » Jonah's, believed to be a vine resembling the american squash, used in assyria to cover huts
Heat » Jonah overcome with
Impatience » Jonah, at the blasting of the gourd
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Taught a lesson of the breadth of the divine love
Life » Of the spirit » Weariness of
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Jonah
Murmuring » Exemplified » Jonah
Presumption » Instances of » Jonah
Wind » God » Raises
Wind » East » At the city of nineveh
Despondency » Instances of » Jonah after he had preached to the ninevites
Gourd » Jonah's, believed to be a vine resembling the american squash, used in assyria to cover huts
Heat » Jonah overcome with
Impatience » Jonah, at the blasting of the gourd
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Taught a lesson of the breadth of the divine love
Life » Of the spirit » Weariness of
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Jonah
Murmuring » Exemplified » Jonah
Presumption » Instances of » Jonah
Wind » God » Raises
Wind » East » At the city of nineveh
Jonah 4:9 (show verse)
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
Anger » Instances of » Jonah, because the gourd withered
Gourd » Jonah's, believed to be a vine resembling the american squash, used in assyria to cover huts
Impatience » Jonah, at the blasting of the gourd
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Taught a lesson of the breadth of the divine love
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Jonah
Murmuring » Exemplified » Jonah
Gourd » Jonah's, believed to be a vine resembling the american squash, used in assyria to cover huts
Impatience » Jonah, at the blasting of the gourd
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Taught a lesson of the breadth of the divine love
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Jonah
Murmuring » Exemplified » Jonah
Jonah 4:10 (show verse)
Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
Jonah 4:11 (show verse)
And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?